Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharat-22-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28307:1" rel="noopener">BHARAT 22 ETF (ICICIB22 IN)</a> will rebalance on 17 March while the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpse-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28191:1" rel="noopener">CPSE ETF (CPSEBE IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX)</a> will rebalance on 29 March.</li>
<li>There are no constituent changes for the indices in March but there will be capping changes for the stocks and there is a reasonable impact on some stocks.</li>
<li>There are stocks that will have opposing flows on the two days, while there are some stocks that will have same way flows from passive trackers.</li>
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The BHARAT 22 ETF (ICICIB22 IN) will rebalance on 17 March while the CPSE ETF (CPSEBE IN) and Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX) will rebalance on 29 March.
There are no constituent changes for the indices in March but there will be capping changes for the stocks and there is a reasonable impact on some stocks.
There are stocks that will have opposing flows on the two days, while there are some stocks that will have same way flows from passive trackers.


CPSE / BHARAT22 / CNXBANK Index Rebalance Preview: Capping Changes in March

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Honasa Consumer  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.
HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Ad Spending Keeping Profits Low

<ul>
<li>Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.
HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments. 
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Positives - New Age DTC Brand

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35638:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Bank</a>, the online banking arm of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)</a>, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. </li>
<li>RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. </li>
<li>In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the positive aspects of its past performance.</li>
</ul>



Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. 
RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. 
In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the positive aspects of its past performance.


Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Positives - Has Grown Fast over the past Few Years

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IndiaFirst Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indiafirst-life-insurance-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36532:1" rel="noopener">IndiaFirst Life Insurance (1083896D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>IndiaFirst Life Insurance (IFLI) is a private life insurer in India with a product portfolio of retail and group products, ranging across different segments. </li>
<li>Its GWP and AUM have grown over the track record period. However, bottomline growth has on the other hand, declined further. </li>
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IndiaFirst Life Insurance (1083896D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
IndiaFirst Life Insurance (IFLI) is a private life insurer in India with a product portfolio of retail and group products, ranging across different segments. 
Its GWP and AUM have grown over the track record period. However, bottomline growth has on the other hand, declined further. 


IndiaFirst Life Insurance Pre-IPO - Hardly Stands Out as One of the Smallest Players

India

State Bank of India provides a wide range of banking and financial services to corporate, institutional, commercial, agricultural, industrial and individual customers throughout India.  The Bank also provides international banking to its Indian customers and has operations in other countries.

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CPSE / BHARAT22 / CNXBANK Index Rebalance Preview: Capping Changes in March

There will be capping changes on the Bharat22, CPSE and NIFTYBANK indices in March. There are stocks that have opposite flows while some have same...

Brian Freitas

Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Ad Spending Keeping Profits Low

Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Positives - New Age DTC Brand

Honasa Consumer, a DTC beauty and personal care brand, is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk...

Sumeet Singh

Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Positives - Has Grown Fast over the past Few Years

Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m in its Japan listing in April 2023. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

IndiaFirst Life Insurance Pre-IPO - Hardly Stands Out as One of the Smallest Players

IndiaFirst Life Insurance (1083896D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. Its GWP and AUM have grown over the track...

Ethan Aw

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